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Neoconservative to Neofascist
By Michael Gaddy - The Sierra Times

A Conversation Somewhere In The Bowels Of Government
NC. Wow, can you believe we were able to pull it off?
NF. How's that? What do you mean?

NC. I mean getting the majority of people in this country to go along with our plans for world domination and securing all world resources for our "organization."
NF. Piece of cake. There was never a cause for doubt. Our psychological programs have worked to perfection. All we have to do is play on their fears. They will give us all their money and freedoms, just like those stupid people in the large cities who promote their own disarmament, then cower, cringe and fear for their lives when confronted with a mugger. As long as we wave the flag, mention the word patriotism and spread a few lies about weapons of mass destruction and imminent attacks, we can do whatever we want. Of course, we had to throw in a few hymns and prayers for the right-wing bunch. Hitler proved how effective this tactic could be in bringing the religious element in to support our programs back in the 1930's. The idiots are so well indoctrinated that they are saving us time and resources by attacking those who have discovered our real motives.

NC. I see, but how were we able to bring all these folks to our way of thinking in such a short time?
NF. This was no short time project. We started years ago by taking over the education system in this country. We used the old, "here is some money to improve your schools" ploy. Of course, as soon as they took the money we were in. They dropped all pretenses of letting the community run the schools and turned it all over to us. Whores are easily bought. We gradually dropped any pretense of educating the little cretins. What do we need educated masses for? We must have blind allegiance to the state. They have to work for our organizations. They must be good drones. No room for entrepreneurship with the masses. Of course, we have to allow a few such to emerge from time to time, to keep up the illusion of "freedom". Then we moved into social engineering and mind control. It is most important the masses respond properly to any stimuli. Just look at what we have been able to produce with this Homeland Security ploy. All we have to do is raise some color-coded threat level and it immediately conjures up images of planes flying into buildings, large explosions and the deaths of thousands in the minds of the masses. Hell, the cowards can't wait, begging us to take their money and "rights".

NC. Will we be able to maintain this control for the required number of years until we have complete control and everyone works for us?
NF. Of course. As I mentioned before, most all of them only want to be entertained. Millions attend sporting events each week. They drive thousands of miles; consume vast amounts of alcohol and act like the idiots they are. They know all the athletes, their statistics and how many times they have been arrested and for what, yet most could not tell you the names of their local school board members or representatives. They spend hour upon endless hour in front of their televisions watching "reality" shows, but take every opportunity to ignore their children. Those who do care about their children and seek to educate them to the dangers of our programs are harassed and tormented by the systems we have in place. In many instances we even take those children from their parents, claiming they are being "abused." The idiots never question our practices in this regard. They truly believe the government is better suited to know what is right for their children than they are. This ensures our control into the future. The other people who have educated themselves to the fact that we are supposed to act in a limited capacity and only in certain aspects of their lives as their original constitution declared, make up only a small percentage of the population. The idiots help us ridicule and demonize them, and besides, they will eventually die out. We have also put into place an information system that only allows the "organization's" theories to be distributed to the masses. Members of the "organization" own the major media outlets. This includes the newspapers, television and radio stations, and our biggest ally, talk radio. We had the foresight to employ some charismatic individuals to promote our programs. Many started as dissenters but were quickly brought over to our viewpoint with money and perks. Hell, we converted one of our very best by simply allowing him to come sleep in the White House! Millions daily hang on his every word, believing he has "talent on loan from god." We could care less the origin of his talent, as long as the god he serves is the state. Years ago, when he started, he ranted and raved about the excesses and encroachments of the state. Now he is one of our greatest supporters. They all have their price. The ones with the huge egos are easily bought with money and fame. Besides, this one calls anyone who is onto our scheme, "kooks."

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posted by An Old Curmudgeon 7:16 AM

 

Some fear loss of privacy as science pries into brain
(Carey Goldberg, Boston Globe, May 1, 2003)
Using magnetic resonance imaging machines that detect the ebb and flow of brain activity, researchers have become so good at peering into the workings of the human 4mind that their work is raising a new and deeply personal ethical concern: brain privacy. . . . One study of white students found that although they expressed no conscious racism, the seat of fear in their brains still fired up more when they looked at unfamiliar black faces than at unfamiliar white faces. Another recent imaging study reported that certain parts of the brain work harder when a person is lying than when telling the truth, raising the prospect of a brain-based lie detector. . . . ''Everybody's worried about genetic privacy, but brain privacy is actually much more interesting,'' said Steven E. Hyman, Harvard University's provost and a neuroscientist. . . . Most people feel a much greater sense of privacy about their brains than their genes, Caplan and other ethicists say. Genes play critical but complex roles in what people become, while ''your brain is more associated with you,'' Caplan said. . . . ''Perhaps child molesters and other criminals in the future will wear headgear that will monitor that brain region in order to determine when their intentions will be carried out,'' Hinrichs wrote. ''Would this be a reasonable method of crime prevention or a human rights violation?'' . . . There are also questions of employment: For example, what if scanning became a condition of employment, like drug testing?

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posted by Lorenzo 12:48 PM

 

Homeland Security Thugs Turn U.S. into Police State . . . welcome to the American Gulag
(Jason Halperin, AlterNet, April 29, 2003)
We had an hour to spare before curtain time so we stopped into an Indian restaurant just off of Times Square in the heart of midtown. . . . All of a sudden, there was a terrible commotion and five NYPD in bulletproof vests stormed down the stairs. They had their guns drawn and were pointing them indiscriminately at the restaurant staff and at us. . . . The police placed their fingers on the triggers of their guns and kicked open the kitchen doors. Shouts emanated from the kitchen and a few seconds later five Hispanic men were made to crawl out on their hands and knees, guns pointed at them. . . . I explained that we were just eating dinner and asked why we were being held. We were told by the INS agent that we would be released once they had confirmation that we had no outstanding warrants and our immigration status was OK'd. . . . In pre-9/11 America, the legality of this would have been questionable. . . . "You have no right to hold us," Asher insisted. . . . "Yes, we have every right," responded one of the agents. "You are being held under the Patriot Act following suspicion under an internal Homeland Security investigation." . . . When I asked to speak to a lawyer, the INS official informed me that I do have the right to a lawyer but I would have to be brought down to the station and await security clearance before being granted one. When I asked how long that would take, he replied with a coy smile: "Maybe a day, maybe a week, maybe a month." . . . We insisted that we had every right to leave and were going to do so. One of the policemen walked over with his hand on his gun and taunted: "Go ahead and leave, just go ahead." . . . As I continued to press for legal counsel, a female officer who had been busy typing on her laptop in the front of the restaurant, walked over and put her finger in my face. "We are at war, we are at war and this is for your safety," she exclaimed. As she walked away from the table, she continued to repeat it to herself? "We are at war, we are at war. How can they not understand this." . . . I managed to ascertain that the whole thing had been one giant mistake. A mistake. Loaded guns pointed in faces, people made to crawl on their hands and knees, police officers clearly exacerbating a tense situation by kicking in doors, taunting, keeping their fingers on the trigger even after the situation was under control. A mistake. And, according to the ACLU a perfectly legal one, thanks to the Patriot Act. . . . The Patriot Act is just the first phase of the erosion of the Fourth Amendment. From the Justice Department has emerged a draft of the Domestic Securities Enhancement Act, also known as Patriot II. Among other things, this act would allow the Justice Department to detain anyone, anytime, secretly and indefinitely. It would also make it a crime to reveal the identity or even existence of such a detainee.

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posted by Lorenzo 9:06 AM